W. Va. escort may have unwittingly slain Ore. serial killer

LAS VEGAS - Police say a West Virginia woman who killed a man she met online after he attacked her could have taken the life of a serial killer without knowing it, according to multiple reports.

The death of Neal Falls, 45, has also opened up possible links to several other unsolved murders in Nevada and Ohio, mostly of apparent sex workers, reports the Charleston Gazette-Mail.

Charleston police spokesman Steve Cooper said Friday that Falls likely attacked others before he beat and choked a woman he met on backpage.com last week. However, the Gazette-Mail reports that police so far have found no criminal history attached to the former security guard, other than that he has been pulled over in a couple of states for traffic offenses.